All signs point to San Jose State getting a bowl bid when invitations officially are extended Sunday.

Nebraska and Minnesota also will be playing in bowl games with 5-7 records.

Championship Saturday began with 75 bowl-eligible teams and two more teams got there, three short of what was needed to fill a record 80 bowl games.

Kansas State took care of business by beating West Virginia 24-23 to finish 6-6. Georgia State beat Georgia Southern 34-7 for its sixth victory.

South Alabama fell short of six, though, losing 34-27 to Appalachian State, which appears to pave the way for an SJSU bid.

There are only 77 teams with at least six victories and a .500 record, the minimum to be eligible for a bowl bid.

The NCAA approved a plan earlier in the week to fill bowls in need with 5-7 teams based on their Academic Progress Ratings for 2013-14 school year, the most recent scores available. Nebraska (985) was tops among those teams and has said it will accept a bid.

Next up was Missouri (976), but it announced earlier in the week it would not accept a bid at 5-7 as it worked to replace retiring coach Gary Pinkel.

Minnesota and San Jose State are tied at 975.

San Jose State officials said the Spartans would accept a bid at 5-7.

The Big Ten won”t be able to fill all its bowl contracts with eligible teams, so Minnesota”s season will continue.

Playoffs set: The teams are set. How the College Football Playoff selection committee ranks them is all that remains to be seen.

Here”s who is in:

No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Michigan State.

The Spartans (12-1) provided plenty of drama Saturday, with an epic game-winning drive to beat Iowa 16-13 in an old-school Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis that was missing only leather helmets.

The Tigers (13-0) had some nervous moments at the end but, behind Deshaun Watson”s brilliance, held off North Carolina 45-37 to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title and stay unbeaten.

Watson”s 420 total yards and five total touchdowns set ACC championship game records

Alabama (12-1) had it easy by comparison in the Southeastern Conference championship game against Florida. Derrick Henry and the Crimson Tide won 29-15 to cruise into the playoff for the second straight season. The Tide is the only repeat team in the field.

Of course, nobody had it easier than the Sooners (11-1). They wrapped up their season and the Big 12 title last week and got to watch the rest of the playoff pieces fall into place like the rest of us on Saturday.

Unlike last year, when Ohio State jumped into the top four on the final weekend, edging past Big 12 co-champions TCU and Baylor, the committee”s picks won”t produce any controversy.

Texas 23, Baylor 17: Down to a fourth quarterback because of yet another injury, the No. 12 Bears (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) lost their Sugar Bowl chance after falling to the visiting Longhorns (5-7, 4-5) in their regular-season finale.

After the game, Baylor receiver Corey Coleman, the FBS leader with 20 TD catches, confirmed he plans to forgo his senior season to enter the NFL draft.

San Diego State 27, Air Force 24: Donny Hageman kicked a 46-yard field goal with 5:10 to go and the Aztecs (10-3) beat the Falcons (8-5) to win the Mountain West Conference championship. San Diego State won its ninth straight game and first outright title since 1986.